神經物理導論

(I) 課程簡介

授課老師:林秀豪教授
上課時間:F5F6F7 (物理館620室)
教科書:Neuronal Dynamics (Cambridge University Press) by Gerstner, Kistler, Naud and
Paninski. (教科書可於網路免費參閱)

(II) 成績評量

May 10 (Fri) 繳交模擬報告
Jun 14 (Fri) 期末報告期限

1. 本課程採用 project-based learning (PBL),課程內容設計以實際科學問題切入,修課同學需選
定一神經物理問題或模型,並於期末前完成數值模擬。

2. 學期成績包括兩部分的評量:互評短報 (40%)、期末報告 (60%) 作為原始分數為基礎,視全班學
習狀況做整體比較後,以等第制給定最後的成績。

3. 每位學生於期末須繳交一份書面報告,以LaTEX專業語言呈現,將數值模擬的細節簡潔敘述。另附
上簡短自評,包括報告成績、學習與書寫流程與時間、優劣處分析等等,自評須繳交但不列入計分。

4. 期末報告需於課堂口頭簡報,並接受同儕與授課老師詰問,能夠完整回答70%以上提問,才算是
通過。


(III) 課程內容

Week 1
Feb 22 (Fri)
Brain and its neurons

Week 2
Mar 1 (Fri) 和平紀念日

Week 3
Mar 8 (Fri)
Action potential and integrate-and-fire model

Week 4
Mar 15 (Fri)
Ion channels and Hodgkin-Huxley model

Week 5
Mar 22 (Fri)
Dendrites and synapses

Week 6
Mar 29 (Fri)
Bifurcations in neuron models 1

Week 7
Apr 5 (Fri) 民族掃墓節

Week 8
Apr 12 (Fri)
Bifurcations in neuron model 2

Week 9
Apr 19 (Fri)
Neuron populations and rate models

Week 10
Apr 26 (Fri)
Decision making – excitation/inhibition neurons

Week 11
May 3 (Fri)
Associative memory – Hopfield model

Week 12
May 10 (Fri)
Perception – cortical field model
模擬成果報告

Week 13
May 17 (Fri)
Learning – Hebbian rule for synaptic plasticity
模擬成果報告

Week 14
May 24 (Fri)
Visual recognition – principal-component analysis
模擬成果報告

Week 15
May 31 (Fri)
Neuronal dynamics: Z2 versus U(1)
模擬成果報告

Week 16
June 7 (Fri) 端午節

Week 17
June 14 (Fri)
Parkinson disease and U(1) neuronal network

Week 18 (Final Week)
Jun 21 (Fri)
期末報告總檢討